So a government that has slashed funding for grass-roots sport (yet spanked billions instead on a sports-based vanity project), sold off school sports facilities to developers, closed after school clubs, youth clubs etc, and has pointedly refused to regulate the fast food industry, is now blaming people for not doing any exercise?

Does anyone wish to point out to Dave and Gideon that not everyone has a private gym membership and a personal trainer/tennis coach, to boff your missus while you’re working long hours in the city? ****s!! 🙄

Couldn’t we just get them running on treadmill generators? or bikes for that matter

Probably not as efficient as burning them in a gas-turbine style power station. Although I suppose a combined heat and power set up with them chained to the treadmill/static bike may work. Have to be a well insulated gym-prison though, you’d want to minimise any losses.

I have noticed quite a reduction in safe playing areas for children to run around in since I was a kid. Once they have grown up without exercise its always going to be much more difficult to start good habits.

But don’t worry because its nothing to do with actually improving peoples health and lives, its just another Tory distraction, create a hatred so nobody will notice who really is screwing you.

Isn’t it just for people who are currently off work due to a persistent obesity related heatlh problem that could be solved through exercise (prescribed by a doctor under controlled conditions) which they are refusing to do?

So a government that has slashed funding for grass-roots sport (yet spanked billions instead on a sports-based vanity project), sold off school sports facilities to developers, closed after school clubs, youth clubs etc, and has pointedly refused to regulate the fast food industry, is now blaming people for not doing any exercise?

Does anyone wish to point out to Dave and Gideon that not everyone has a private gym membership and a personal trainer/tennis coach, to boff your missus while you’re working long hours in the city? ****s!!

Good trolling!

Why it is the governments fault that “victims” choose to eat too much and exercise too little? You don’t need grass roots sports facilities or expensive gym memberships to go for a walk or a run. I seem to remember they did try and raise the price of hot cakes and pasties as well (admittedly clumsily) and there was an outcry.

Actually I think this idea would achieve nothing, but I don’t think we can blame the government for fatties!

Isn’t it just for people who are currently off work due to a persistent obesity related heatlh problem that could be solved through exercise (prescribed by a doctor under controlled conditions) which they are refusing to do?

IHN – the government have opposed moves for sugar, salt and fat content to be labelled on food, saying anything should be volountary by manufactureres/supermarkets
And they also refuse to do anything about companies deliberately targeting kids with junk food advertising

+1

Allow millions and millions of pounds of completely unfettered marketing of diabetes-inducing foods to kids from a young age, then act all surprised when we have an obesity crisis. Genius.

Instead of giving them benefit money, we could just deliver food parcels every week, full of vegetables, fruit, pulses – healthy shit like that!

And don’t go giving me a reminder that they need money for heating and electric – they’ve already got enough blubber to keep warm, and with no electric they won’t be able to sit and watch the telly all day, so might do something more active!

As an aside, did anyone see that horizon program where they mentioned that obese guy in Dundee who underwent medically supervised fasting? He ate NOTHING, NADA, NOWT for 1 whole year and went from 32 stone to 12 stone. Vitamin and mineral supplements and water were permitted.
Sounds unbelievable, but the case is in the medical literature.